Harappa
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Harappa
- /həˈɹɑpə/ US
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Borrowed from Punjabi ہَڑَپَّہ (haṛappah) / ਹੜਪ੍ਪਾ (haṛppā).
proper noun
- A village in Punjab, in eastern Pakistan.
- An archaeological site near the village; the ancient city excavated at the site. The site, known as Harappa, contained evidence of a culture over 1,000 years older than any other yet discovered in South Asia and one which dated back to c. 2350 BCE, making it one of the four oldest centers of civilization in the world.
- The Harappan Civilization, or Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age civilization that flourished in a large region encompassing the site. 1989, Amalananda Ghosh (editor), "Rangpur," entry in An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology, page 370, He declared that it was a site of the late period of Harappa culture [4.9] on the basis of certain pottery types and painted designs thereon and that 'the mere fact that the Indus culture is by thi
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Talk about this word "Harappa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/harappa. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. Harappa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/harappa "Harappa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/harappa.Cite this
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